I’ve been writing a lot of essays in the MLA format. One thing I found it hard is to know the abbreviations for each book in the Bible in MLA format. The table below is based on the Common Abbreviations for Books of the Bible — MLA at Henry Buhl Library. They had the books in two separate PDFs and in alphabetical order. Both of which is hard for me to find the books easily. So here’s one table showing all the books in order you find in the Bible.
Book | Abbreviation |
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Genesis | Gen. |
Exodus | Exod. |
Leviticus | Lev. |
Numbers | Num. |
Deuteronomy | Deu. |
Joshua | Josh. |
Judges | Judg. |
Ruth | Ruth |
1 Samuel | 1 Sam. |
2 Samuel | 2 Sam. |
1 Kings | 1 Kings |
2 Kings | 2 Kings |
1 Chronicles | 1 Chron. |
2 Chronicles | 2 Chron. |
Ezra | Ezra |
Nehemiah | Neh. |
Esther | Esth. |
Job | Job |
Psalm | Ps. |
Proverbs | Prov. |
Ecclesiastes | Eccles. |
Song of Solomon | Song of Sol. |
Isaiah | Isa. |
Jeremiah | Jer. |
Lamentations | Lam. |
Ezekiel | Ezek. |
Daniel | Dan. |
Hosea | Hos. |
Joel | Joel |
Amos | Amos |
Obadiah | Obad. |
Jonah | Jon. |
Micah | Mic. |
Nahum | Nah. |
Habakkuk | Hab. |
Zephaniah | Zeph. |
Haggai | Hag. |
Zechariah | Zech. |
Malachi | Mal. |
Matthew | Matt. |
Mark | Mark |
Luke | Luke |
John | John |
Acts | Acts |
Romans | Rom. |
1 Corinthians | 1 Cor. |
2 Corinthians | 2 Cor. |
Galatians | Gal. |
Epheisans | Eph. |
Philippians | Phil. |
Colossians | Col. |
1 Thessalonians | 1 Thess. |
2 Thessalonians | 2 Thess. |
1 Timothy | 1 Tim. |
2 Timothy | 2 Tim. |
Titus | Tit. |
Philemon | Philem. |
Hebrews | Heb. |
James | Jas. |
1 Peter | 1 Pet. |
2 Peter | 2 Pet. |
1 John | 1 John |
2 John | 2 John |
3 John | 3 John |
Jude | Jude |
Revelation | Rev. |
I’ll use this for church in the future. Thanks!
Missing Esther
Hi John, just updated. Thanks for letting me know. God bless.